APPENDIX E

SOME ANACHRONISMS

Can we blame all these out sequences on “archaeologic serendipity” (as does Ashley Montagu1)? Or would it be more truthful to admit, with Jeffrey Goodman, that “such turnabouts . . . stand in direct opposition to the continuous developmental processes Darwinians espouse”?2

COMPARISON OF EARLY AND LATE HOMINIDS
WhereEarlier
Hominid/Remains
Traits Compared to
Later Specimen
AustraliaLake Mungo remainsAMH, with smaller faces, jaws, brows than Kow Swamp H. erectus
China Jinniushan hominidLess archaic skull than later Dali Man 
FranceFontéchevade ManMore modern skull, face, 1,470 cc, lighter build than later Neanderthal
Iraq, ShanidarH. neanderthalensisLess prognathous than later Neanderthals
IsraelQafzeh Cave remainsAMH, 20 kyr older than Amud Neanderthal
JavaSangiran/H. erectusMuch smaller and lighter skulls than Ngandong
JavaSolo Man/H. erectusTemporal bone more mod than Neanderthal
KenyaER 1470/H. rudolfensisMore advanced than H. habilis and H. erectus, bigger brain than younger Au, flatter face, weaker brow than ER 1813
KenyaER 3883/H. ergasterLess robust and more delicate skulls than H. erectus (such as OH9)
KenyaKanapoi hominid/Au. anamensisMore modern foot and humerus than later Sterkfontein, Olduvai, and Lucy Au
KenyaTurkana Boy and ER 3733/ H. ergasterLess robust than later H. erectus
Spain, AtapuercaH. antecessor1.2-myr skull with 1,390 cc larger than 800-kyr skull with 1,000 cc
UK, SwanscombeSwanscombe Man/H. erectusMore H. sapiens features than later Neanderthal